End sill for cars.



0. S. PULLIAM.

END SILL POR GARS. APPLICATION FILED IEB. 26. 190s.

PATENTE) MAR. 19, 1907.I

v \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\W\\\\Y fami vosWALD s. PULLIAM, or PITTSBURG UNITED STATES PATENT oE-EIoEv j BUEGH EQUIPMENT COMPANY, PoRATIoN or PENNSYLVANIA.

PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR "ro Prr'rsl or rIT'rsBUnG, PENNSYLVANIA 'A -oon-- ND sm. Fon' cAnsj 'l'o .ll/r wiwi-1L it 'nt/ty con/cern: Beit known that 1, OsWALD S. BULL1AM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in thel countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented newand useful Improvements in 'End Sills for Cars, of which thewfollowing is a specification.

l for cars and -in the novel features of construc- The object of my invention is to provide 4a new and improved end sill for cars; and to thisend my invention consists of an end sill" tion, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

vention; Fig. 3, a detail sectional vieWon= line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a'section on line 4 4 ofy Fig. l; and Fig. 5, a perspective view of the end silland-a portion vof the c enter sills,

Referring to the drawing,l the end sill, as

illustrated and as preferred, is made as an'integ'ral cast-metal structure, and comprises a top member 1, a bottommember'2, and a' vertical member 3, joining the members I and 2. The sill is formed With a central-lydisposed recess 4, made by cutting away' a portion of `the bottom-member-anda. For;

tion of the member 3. The purpose of said re-1M cess 4 is toI receive the draft-rigging carrier. (Not shown.)v

Close tol and located on each side ofthe re lcess'4 is aweb 5. lThese Webs extend rear-` wardly from the vertical member 3 and fromthe topmember to the bottom'member. .As clearly shown by the drawing, Webs 5 are emiv ployedforthepurpose of attaching the center sills 6 to the end sill. As shown, the center sills are in the form of channels and lare attached togthe webs by rivets 7.

The side sills 8 of the car construction are connectedupwith the endsof th'endsills by being riveted thereto.

The side4 sills illustratedare in the form of channels, and-when Specification of Letters Patent. i Aspecten ne@ rebruarya, 190e. Serial Np. 302,995.

Patented Elarch 19, 14.907.

' channels are employed the' topgand bottom members ofthe end sill are made slightly shorter than the vertical-front member in order to provide ashoulder orend bearing, as indicated by .9 for the side'sills.

l Formed integral withfthe vertical member of the end sill and locatednear each endA 5- 5 lpush-plate .10.

v4thereof isa What 'I 'c 1. An end sillfor cars consisting of a cast.- y

finetal structure of channel form formed With a centralrecess'and with vertical Webs adjaf cent to there'cess, 'said Webs extending rear- Wardly from the vertical member of `the sill and joining the top and bottom members and adapted to engage the center sills of the car. 2. An end s1ll for cars consisting of a castmetal structure of channel form formed With`` a-central recess, vertical'webs adjacent to metal structure of channel form having top and bottom members, a continuous front vertical member joining the top and bottom members, `said structure formed With a centrally-disposed recess and with a web located on each side of'thevrecess, saidwebs formed With holes and adapted to engage the center sills of the car. 4

4., An end sill for cars consisting of a castmetal structure of channel form formed with .2L icen'txal-f-redes's, vertical Webs adjacent toV4 the recess and with end bearings or shoulders. 3; vAn end sill for cars consisting of a castthe recess, end Ibearings or shoulders, Aandl with push-plates. I I

5. The combination, With center and side sills `of channel form, of an formed with a central recess, vertical Webs adjacent to the recess adapted to engage'the center sills,V and with vend bearings for the side sills.

In testimony'whereof I affix my signature in preseneegf two subsribing witnesses.

,OSWALD S. P ULLIAM.1

VWitnesses:

W. G. DooLITTLE,

MARGARET' HUGHES.

end sill comprising' .a castfmetal structure of channelV forml 

